Having once been dubbed “an odd duck” in a loving way by the wife of one of my closest friends, I shouldn’t wonder that, for some perverse reason, it tickles me when my writing lights the fires of provocation — the hotter the better! A recent column I wrote about the increasing interest in the […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Checking the backtrack of 2018
The New Year is almost always a welcome event, even if we are all a year older. The slate is clean. As we look ahead, it’s a lot like a field of virgin snow. As we move on, the tracks we leave will take us to unseen ground. This is especially sweet for outdoors people […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Tom Hennessey made art of the outdoors
Sporting artist and writer died earlier this month.
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Outdoors in Maine: Staying safe on ice requires great care
Each year about this time, the Maine Warden Service urges us to use extreme caution before venturing out onto any ice that may be covering Maine’s waterways. This is timely advice. Two winters ago, three night-time snowsledders all perished one night on Rangeley Lake when they and their machines broke through thin ice. Many of […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Technology gets deer results out quicker
Since the beginning of scientific deer herd management in Maine, the data needed to make informed decisions was always slow in coming. The public and the biologists who manage deer were lucky to get November deer harvest figures by early spring. That has all changed this time around thanks to the Fish and Wildlife Department’s […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Technology gets deer results out quicker
Since the beginning of scientific deer herd management in Maine, the data needed to make informed decisions was always slow in coming. The public and the biologists who manage deer were lucky to get November deer harvest figures by early spring. That has all changed this time around thanks to the Fish and Wildlife Department’s […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Longtime game warden John Ford lived a long, happy life
Jonny Law is gone. That is what he called himself — at least with his email address. Retired Maine Game Warden, two-term sheriff of Waldo County, author and artist John Ford Sr. of Brooks died in November after a 20-year battle with cancer. John was not a close friend of mine — at least not […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Gift guide for those who love the outdoors
Sportsmen and sportswomen love their toys. Of course, they prefer to consider these toys as indispensable tools for the outdoors. Sometimes the best gift one can give to an outdoorsman is a tool or device that he might not either think to buy for himself or feel comfortable buying. For example, my late mother-in-law always […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Lost hunters will get help, but need to help themselves first
There was a time during Maine’s November deer hunt when it was not uncommon for Maine Game Wardens to have three or four missing hunters in one day! In his new book, “Gary Dumond Remembers —Warden Pilots,” retired Maine warden pilot Gary Dumond recalls, “One day, Jack McPhee and I were the only two pilots […]
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Outdoors in Maine: University of Maine will start testing ticks for disease
Ten years ago, few outdoor folks in this neck of the woods gave ticks a second thought. Not so today. Most of us who spend time outdoors have had encounters with deer ticks, the bad ones, or know someone with Lyme disease. Recently, University of Maine professor Jim Dill, a tick expert, appeared as a […]